{"id":58177,"date":"2026-04-06T23:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/who-suspends-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-following-death-of-contractor-in-security-incident\/06\/04\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:47:38","slug":"who-suspends-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-following-death-of-contractor-in-security-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/who-suspends-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-following-death-of-contractor-in-security-incident\/06\/04\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO suspends medical evacuations from Gaza following death of contractor in &#8216;security incident&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The evacuations were suspended after an individual who was contracted to provide services to the WHO in Gaza was killed during a security incident, Tedros said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-890728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:World Health Organization;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;World Health Organization&quot;}\" class=\"link \">World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO) suspended medical evacuations of patients from Gaza to Egypt via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israel-announces-rafah-crossing-reopening-205751884.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rafah border crossing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rafah border crossing&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rafah border crossing<\/a> until further notice, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The evacuations were suspended after an individual who was contracted to provide services to the WHO in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-strikes-hamas-terror-cell-212322497.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gaza&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaza<\/a> was killed during a security incident, Tedros said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1a758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1a758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_1a758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two WHO staff members were present at the incident but were not injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No other details of the incident were shared. However, Tedros wrote that it \u201cis under investigation by the relevant authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">The Rafah crossing<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medical evacuations via the Rafah crossing were last suspended between 23 and 25 March due to unsafe conditions. Rafah is currently the only point of access to outside medical care for those within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-claims-disarmament-request-way-192205806.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gaza&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the WHO, on March 27, thousands of patients still await medical evacuation from Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/suspends-medical-evacuations-gaza-following-023040210.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evacuations were suspended after an individual who was contracted to provide services to the WHO in Gaza was killed during a<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/who-suspends-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-following-death-of-contractor-in-security-incident\/06\/04\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/31d43332e4c05425d887a81780ffb741","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}